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Where was the tenderness lost
In our stripey t-shirts we say that although things are different now let’s always be here for each other and we both get in our waiting taxis that...
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Post-jogging
With hills like this you’d be silly not to make yourself some playlists, put some headphones on and go running, or at least on fast walks that make...
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The Long and the Short of It
When I was young, life seemed so long. Eating meat and making a pong. Wondering about the average length of a dong. Fairly certain of right and wrong...
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16.3 Playa Del Rey
They drove to Balli Beach. It was getting cold so they bought beers and tacos and chose an isolated spot on the beach. Natalia pulled the vehicle...
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WebWorld (4.8)
“No, no, no.” Tristan whispered. “He doesn’t have to be dead.” His face was wrapped, covered, his whole hanging body was. Tristan grabbed my knife...
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Last night we touched
Talking in tongues only the flesh understands We moved pulled by Saturn Driven by the tide surge Into the orbit of Mars Our fingers surfing the...
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the cockroach diet
I encountered a drenched cat Waiting outside a 7/11 convenience store. As I approached from behind, The cat crossed the street and Disappeared into...
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I've bled you know
I've bled you know A thousand times In those silent moments Screaming back at me And I'd whisper Just let me be I've bled you know As morning come...
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Just to breathe.....
I've often wondered why some of us are forced to endure so much hardships, and wondered as to the fairness of it. Nothing ever comes easy ,you often...
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When To Call...
Call me when the kids have got straight A’s in all their classes. Call me when you can’t decide on which new pair of glasses. Call me when the dog...
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Riding The Rails
As the train pulls out for Toronto hugs and kisses only memories the crowd lost in love- the coach now sways to the sweep of an October wind poplar...
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You're Not A Christian
(This poem takes place in the year 1800) You call yourself a Christian who has been saved. But you're not a Christian because you have slaves...
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A satiric reverberation
A satiric reverberation Twining like creepers the crisscross of rivers offspring of a titanic river flow garlanding their mother, each with a wreath...
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Essential Cycle
There’s a crowd of us here where we’re forming a screen shading and cooling the place I have been; soon we will bunch – each group falling …
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16.2 Playa Del Rey
Friday morning, they woke up at eight. “I must go and get my hair done. It is straw-like,” Angela complained. “We take breakfast and go to a salon,”...
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Chinese Whispers (edited and updated, 2021)
This is the story I read live at the ABC Reading on 26 th August 2021. I understand not everyone could hear it due to technical issues so here is an...
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WebWorld (4.7)
When the light came back, I just wanted to swim away from it. I was having crazy visions. I was swimming in a sea of light; but then the light became...
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A Hot Afternoon in Malki Chiflik
Nothing moves. There is no breeze. No birds fly by in the cloudless sky. No creature has the will to disturb the cruel tranquillity. Not even bees...
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Me, Myself, and I
I laid down on the soft bed that was in my room. I am alone, had no roommate. When I was sent to this mental ward I was worried that I was going to...
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I Laughed At Noah
I laughed at Noah and his family as they built their ark. I made fun of them until they were ready to embark. But now the rain is really coming down...
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